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'Why do I even need to stay here?'
I asked myself as I lay down on a hospital bed to recover from my "injuries".
'I've already recovered though.'
After the whole ordeal with the kidnapping incident, Nicole and I got sent together to to the nearest hospital with the help of the police department.
An officer informed me earlier that I will be questioned later after a few investigations are made. And so now I lay here waiting for the news.
Beside my bed was Nicole's. Our beds are divided by a curtain so I wasn't able to see her condition. But I'm pretty sure that she's currently sleeping right now, to recuperate from that traumatizing experience.
As I lay in wait, I heard the door open and footsteps approaching my bed.
When the figure opened the curtains on my bed, our eyes met and scrutinized each other before the person broke the awkward silence.
"Good day yoing man, are you perhaps Amaru Sta. Maria?"
"Yes. Yes I am."
"Uh-huh. My name's Anacia Zeman. And I am the mother of Nicole."
Of course I figured that out already the moment I saw her face. She looked exactly like Nicole.
Brown hair, brown eyes, cute chubby cheeks, slightly larger ears, and a beautiful smile. She looked exactly like an older version of Nicole. I find her more beautiful though.
'I must say. Ozzy had good taste.'
"Oh..Nice to meet you ma'am. Nicole is still sleeping so.."
"Ah, no, no. I already checked on her earlier. I actually came here for you. I wanted to thank you for saving my daughter you see."
"Anyone would have done the same thing ma'am, no need to thank me. But your welcome."
"Yes, I really appreciate it. That's why I wanted to extend my hand to help you too....Regarding the corpses of the kidnappers, I will handle all of that for you, so you don't have to worry about anything. I have lots of connections you see."
"That...thank you very much ma'am. That would help me very much."
"No need to call me ma'am, my daughter only calls me by my first name."
"Then...thank you Mrs. Anacia."
"Yeah thats better, I suppose. Now I'll come back to you later to acquire a written testimony stating that everything you did was out of self defense....though I doubt that I'd have a hard time processing this case."
"And why is that?"
"The kidnappers were all part of a drug cartel you see. Save for the other guy, we couldn't find his identity but I'll handle that too so you could rest easy.....I'll be going now, you guys take care of yourselves a'ight?"
I nodded and smiled at her before she walked out and left.
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Since I still couldn't leave the hospital, I decided to just stay here for the night and went to sleep.
And just like what Mrs. Anacia said, no police officer came and questioned me. I expected such outcome since I first learned of why Nicole is being picked on by the school's underground affiliates.
I slept soundly that night, I did not fear any form of assasination to suddenly pop at me. And it was all because of the police securities outside the room.
And after a hefty rest that night, I woke up with high spirits in the morning.
I scanned my surroundings and found a slice of cake in the bedside table. It even had a note in it.
(Get well soon)
I stood up and checked the other bed but I did not find Nicole.
'So she already left. Guess I'll be heading home too.'
I ate the slice of strawberry cream covered red velvet with grape flavored chocolate toppings and headed out soon after.
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By the time I got back in the shared house it was already 6 am, and I even saw Darren eating his breakfast in the dining area. I wanted to talk to him but he seemed irritated right now so I decided to just go back to my room first and prepare to go to school.
When I got to my room I took off the bandages on my back since it wasn't necessary anymore, but I left the bandages on my arms alone. It would be suspicious if I was suddenly fully recovered after only a night of rest.
I took a quick shower and dressed myself up with my school uniform. I was not hungry and did not feel like having a breakfast, but I still went ahead and prepared a lunch box downstairs.
And as I was working on my lunch box, Darren approached me from behind with a calmer expression than earlier.
"Hey. What happened to you last night? Why do you have so many bandages man?"
"Oh this? Nahh its nothing."
"Sure. If you say so...."
"....Hey man. Aren't you mad at me?"
"Honestly, at first I was really pissed of with your lack of common sense. I would've been punished by repeating a school year but it was still better than being risked with getting expelled."
"I'm really so-"
"Don't be. Seriously. You just wanted to help me, and that alone is enough to make this grown ass of mine cry. I should be thanking you instead."
"....So what now? What about you?"
"I talked to Mr. Kramer yesterday. He gave me another chance. He said that it will be my last warning so I should behave myself. The dude was really getting on my nerves yesterday, I wanted to shove his glasses up his ass so badly. You should have seen that asshole's smug face."
We both chuckled and continued talking until I finished my lunch box. Darren then asked if I wanted to go to school together with him, on which I gladly accepted.
We finished all our preparations and soon went out to head to school.
Along the road while Darren drove the bike, I asked if he knew anything about our clubmates, my real intention though was only Kyle.
Darren said that he had little to no information about all of our clubmates except for Joseph, who was known as a model for an entertainment company in ICARUS.
'So he's not aware of Kyle's affiliation with the Kazamas. Guess I'll do all the work myself.'
After that topic, I then told Darren about Minji's message to him.
I don't know what caused it, but he suddenly shivered when I told him "Minji said she'd break your bone."
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We finally got to school and started walking towards the main building after parking the bike in the parking lot.
It was only 5 more minutes before the bell rings to remind us that the first class is about to start. But we could still see tons of students outside the main building.
"They're all heading towards the the club intersection. Should we go check it out?"
Darren asked me but I didn't answer him and instead pulled a student and asked what the commotion was all about.
"The A & C clubs clubs are now at war with the Sports clubs!"
[A/N: A & C = Arts and Crafts, M & P = Music and Performance. For future references.]
The student answered me with excitement before walking away.
Darren and I got curious too so we decided to check it out.
We quickly walked towards the club intersection and found Joseph and Minji standing amongst the large crowd.
We approached the two and asked them what was happening.
"You two, look over there."
Joseph pointed at the roof top of the sports club. I redirected my gaze towards it and saw a pile of items burning to ashes.
Minji then explained to us.
"The things that are burning there right now are the most valuable paintings from the Arts & Crafts club museum. Mine included."
Minji clenched her fists and exclaimed loudly which caused the surrounding students to look towards our group
"Damn it! I just finished that shit yesterday! Whoever burned those painting! I swear that I'll dislocate each and every joint in your body!"
Some students got surprised with her sudden burst, but some started shouting and cursing too, like Minji just incited an ngry mob.
I reckon that they were members of the A & C clubs.
Minji clicked her tongue and walked away, leaving the three of us. Then Joseph followed her after leaving the two of us a reminder.
"Before you go anywhere later, I need everyone to meet up at the club first. I'll explain everything once we're all gathered....Its about the future of this school.... Have a good day you two."